sober
Apr. 5th, 2009 | 11:47 pm
location: (510)
mood: 
melancholy
music: "Chase Me" --- Katie Herzig
KATIE HERZIG's
CHASE ME
Come to think of it, there's not much to say when it don't end the waythat you though would
'Cuz I can sit here counting the days when I thought you should call me
Can you live with it? The memory of nothing to lose.
Oh by the way, I have so much confidence in you.
Oh by the way, this just doesn't happen for you.
You gotta chase me.
Fight to break me.
To make all your dreams come true.
Don't keep me waiting, while you're saving yourself, for you.
It's too soon to tell, but they said that they loved you and I think that I
could of, too.
Said they'd never seen me smiling my brains out. I smile all by
brains out for you.
The tale will come to an end, 'cuz when night came the same old
Cinderella tells her tale.
Now I sit here waiting for my shoe.
You gotta chase me.
Fight to break me.
To make all your dreams come true.
Don't keep me waiting, while you're saving your self, for you.
Who's counting anyway?
Another day is over.
Who wants to live that way?
Another heart is sober.
Unwrap her mystery.
Pour out your heart and show her.
That she is everything you see.
Because, she sees.
You gotta chase her.
Fight to break her.
To make all your dreams come true.
Don't keep her waiting, while you're saving yourself, for you.
You gotta chase her.
Fight to break her.
To make all your dreams come true.
Don't keep her waiting, while you're saving yourself, for you.
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16:9
Feb. 25th, 2009 | 11:49 am
location: (510)
mood: 
contemplative
music: "Love Remains The Same" --- Gavin Rossdale
Life can only be understood backwards, but it has to be lived forwards.
—
Søren Kierkegaard
—
Søren Kierkegaard
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oh SO mellow
Jan. 20th, 2009 | 05:18 pm
location: (510)
mood: 
hopeful
music: "I Will Follow" --- Katie Herzig
from Wikipedia:
On January 20, 2009, Dr. Lowery delivered the benediction at the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States of America. His benediction included the following passage:
"Lord, in the memory of all the saints who from their labors rest, and in the joy of a new beginning, we ask you to help us work for that day when black will not be asked to get in back, when brown can stick around, when yellow will be mellow, when the red man can get ahead, man; and when white will embrace what is right. That all those who do justice and love mercy say Amen. Say Amen."[8]
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gauge
Dec. 22nd, 2008 | 02:04 pm
location: (510)
mood: 
giggly
music: "Downtown Train" --- Everybody But The Girl
My understanding is that he is leaving show business to pursue a career as a thermometer. 
— David Mamet on
Jeremy Piven’s early departure from the cast of Broadway’s "Speed-the-Plow"
because he was suffering from “a very high level of mercury”
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turn around
Dec. 19th, 2008 | 01:25 am
location: (510)
mood: hopeful
music: "Can't Go Back" --- The Weepies
Yesterday when you were young
Everything you needed done was done for you
Now you do it on your own
But you find you're all alone, what can you do?
You and me walk on
'Cause you can't go back now
You know there will be days
When you're so tired
That you can't take another step
The night will have no stars
And you'll think you've gone as far
As you will ever get
well you and me walk on
'Cause you can't go back now
And yeah, yeah go where you want to go
Yeah, yeah, be what you want to be
If you ever turn around, you'll see me
I can't really say
Why everybody wishes they were somewhere else
But in the end the only steps that matter
Are the ones you take all by yourself
And you and me walk on
yeah, you and me walk on
'Cause you can't go back now
walk on, walk on, walk on
you can't go back now.
CAN'T GO BACK NOW
by
THE WEEPIES
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by the light
Dec. 17th, 2008 | 02:05 am
location: (510)
mood: contemplative
music: "Cathedrals" --- Joan Osbourne
"Because that’s the thing about morning.
It eventually comes
and when it does,
your life
and
the people in it,
who you’ve become,
decisions you’ve made
either
look good by the light of day
or
just illuminate
how far off course you’ve gone."
--- JOAN RATER ---
It eventually comes
and when it does,
your life
and
the people in it,
who you’ve become,
decisions you’ve made
either
look good by the light of day
or
just illuminate
how far off course you’ve gone."
--- JOAN RATER ---
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taffy stuck
Dec. 13th, 2008 | 10:53 am
location: (510)
mood: contemplative
music: "Colorblind" --- Counting Crows
I am colorblind
Coffee black and egg white
Pull me out from inside
I am ready
I am ready
I am ready
I am taffy stuck and tongue tied
Stutter-shook and uptight
Pull me out from inside
I am ready
I am ready
I am ready
I am fine
I am covered in skin
No one gets to come in
Pull me out from inside
I am folded
And unfolded
And unfolding
I am colorblind
Coffee black and egg white
Pull me out from inside
I am ready
I am ready
I am ready
I am fine
COLORBLIND
by
COUNTING CROWS
Coffee black and egg white
Pull me out from inside
I am ready
I am ready
I am ready
I am taffy stuck and tongue tied
Stutter-shook and uptight
Pull me out from inside
I am ready
I am ready
I am ready
I am fine
I am covered in skin
No one gets to come in
Pull me out from inside
I am folded
And unfolded
And unfolding
I am colorblind
Coffee black and egg white
Pull me out from inside
I am ready
I am ready
I am ready
I am fine
COLORBLIND
by
COUNTING CROWS
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passion
Dec. 13th, 2008 | 12:32 am
location: (510)
mood: 
impressed
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send me no letters
Nov. 21st, 2008 | 03:07 pm
location: (510)
mood: 
blah
music: "You Found Me" --- The Fray
I found God
On the corner of First and Amistad
Where the west
Was all but won
All alone
Smoking his last cigarette
I said, “Where you been?”
He said, “Ask anything.”
Where were you?
When everything was falling apart?
All my days
Were spent by the telephone
It never rang
And all I needed was a call
It never came
To the corner of First and Amistad
Lost and insecure
You found me, you found me
Lying on the floor
Surrounded, surrounded
Why'd you have to wait?
Where were you? Where were you?
Just a little late
You found me, you found me
Envy it
Everyone ends up alone
Losing her
The only one whose ever known
Who I am, who I'm not, who I wanna be
No way to know
How long she will be next to me
Lost and insecure
You found me, you found me
Lying on the floor
Surrounded, surrounded
Why'd you have to wait?
Where were you? Where were you?
Just a little late
You found me, you found me
Early morning, city breaks
I've been calling for years and years and years and years
And you never left me no messages
You never send me no letters
You've got some kind of nerve
Taking all I'm worth
Lost and insecure
You found me, you found me
Lying on the floor
Surrounded, surrounded
Why'd you have to wait?
Where were you? Where were you?
Lost and insecure
You found me, you found me
Lying on the floor
Surrounded, surrounded
Why'd you have to wait?
Where were you? Where were you?
Just a little late
You found me, you found me
Why'd you have to wait?
To find me, to find me
YOU FOUND ME
by
THE FRAY
On the corner of First and Amistad
Where the west
Was all but won
All alone
Smoking his last cigarette
I said, “Where you been?”
He said, “Ask anything.”
Where were you?
When everything was falling apart?
All my days
Were spent by the telephone
It never rang
And all I needed was a call
It never came
To the corner of First and Amistad
Lost and insecure
You found me, you found me
Lying on the floor
Surrounded, surrounded
Why'd you have to wait?
Where were you? Where were you?
Just a little late
You found me, you found me
Envy it
Everyone ends up alone
Losing her
The only one whose ever known
Who I am, who I'm not, who I wanna be
No way to know
How long she will be next to me
Lost and insecure
You found me, you found me
Lying on the floor
Surrounded, surrounded
Why'd you have to wait?
Where were you? Where were you?
Just a little late
You found me, you found me
Early morning, city breaks
I've been calling for years and years and years and years
And you never left me no messages
You never send me no letters
You've got some kind of nerve
Taking all I'm worth
Lost and insecure
You found me, you found me
Lying on the floor
Surrounded, surrounded
Why'd you have to wait?
Where were you? Where were you?
Lost and insecure
You found me, you found me
Lying on the floor
Surrounded, surrounded
Why'd you have to wait?
Where were you? Where were you?
Just a little late
You found me, you found me
Why'd you have to wait?
To find me, to find me
YOU FOUND ME
by
THE FRAY
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vulnerable
Nov. 19th, 2008 | 10:58 am
location: (510)
mood: 
awake
music: "Reasons To Love You" --- Meiko
Give me a reason to fall in love
Take my hand and let's dance
Give me a reason to make me smile
Cause I think I forgot how
I wanna fall asleep with you tonight
I wanna know that I am safe when you hold me tight
I wanna feel like I wanna feel forever
Girls need attention, and boys need us
So let's make everybody glad
That they have each other in each others arms
Oh let's make everybody glad
I want you........
I wanna dream away with you tonight
We can go anywhere you would like
I wanna feel how I wanna feel forever
I want you.
REASONS TO LOVE YOU
by
MEIKO (as performed for the FALL 2008 HOTEL CAFE TOUR in SF & OC)
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left in bits
Nov. 18th, 2008 | 09:28 pm
location: (510)
mood: nostalgic
music: "Goodnight and Go" --- Imogen Heap
Skipping beats, blushing cheeks; I am struggling.
Daydreaming, bed scenes in the corner cafe,
And then I'm left in bits, recovering, tectonic tremblings.
You get me every time.
Why'd you have to be so cute?
It's impossible to ignore you.
Must you make me laugh so much?
It's bad enough we get along so well.
Say goodnight and go.
Follow you home, you've got your headphones on and you're dancing.
Got lucky, beautiful shot; you're taking everything off, watch the curtains wide open.
Then you fall in the same routine, flicking through the TV, relaxed and reclining,
And you think you're alone...
One of these days, you'll miss your train and come stay with me.
We'll have drinks, and talk about things, any excuse to stay awake with you.
You'll sleep here, I'll sleep there,
But then the heating may be down again,
At my convenience.
We'd be good, we'd be great together.
Say goodnight and go,
Why's it always, always
goodnight and go?
Darling, not again,
Goodnight and go.
GOODNIGHT AND GO
by
IMOGEN HEAP
Daydreaming, bed scenes in the corner cafe,
And then I'm left in bits, recovering, tectonic tremblings.
You get me every time.
Why'd you have to be so cute?
It's impossible to ignore you.
Must you make me laugh so much?
It's bad enough we get along so well.
Say goodnight and go.
Follow you home, you've got your headphones on and you're dancing.
Got lucky, beautiful shot; you're taking everything off, watch the curtains wide open.
Then you fall in the same routine, flicking through the TV, relaxed and reclining,
And you think you're alone...
One of these days, you'll miss your train and come stay with me.
We'll have drinks, and talk about things, any excuse to stay awake with you.
You'll sleep here, I'll sleep there,
But then the heating may be down again,
At my convenience.
We'd be good, we'd be great together.
Say goodnight and go,
Why's it always, always
goodnight and go?
Darling, not again,
Goodnight and go.
GOODNIGHT AND GO
by
IMOGEN HEAP
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you own them
Nov. 18th, 2008 | 09:10 pm
location: (510)
mood: touched
music: "Live Like You're Dying" --- LENKA
One of these days you'll be
Under the covers you'll be
Under the table and you'll realize
That all of your days are numbered
All of them one to one hundred
All of them millions
All of them trillions
So what are you gonna do with them all?
You can not trade them in for more, no no...
Take every moment, you know that you own them
It's all you can do
Use what's been given to you...
Gimme a reason
to fight the feeling
That there's nothing here for me
'Cause none of it's easy
I know it wasn't meant to be
I know it's all up to me
It's all up to me
So what am I gonna do with my time, oh...
Take every moment, you know that you own them
It's all up to you to do whatever you choose
Live like you're dying and never stop trying
It's all you can do
Use what's been given to you
All of the moments you didn't notice
Gone in the blink of an eye
And all of the feelings you can't help feeling
No matter how you try...
Take every moment, you know that you own them
It's all up to you to do whatever you choose
Live like you're dying and never stop trying
It's all you can do
Use what's been given to you
Live like you're dying and never stop trying
It's all you can do
Use what's been given to you
LIVE LIKE YOU'RE DYING
by
LENKA (as performed @ the Great American Music Hall for THE HOTEL CAFE TOUR on 11.17.2008)
Under the covers you'll be
Under the table and you'll realize
That all of your days are numbered
All of them one to one hundred
All of them millions
All of them trillions
So what are you gonna do with them all?
You can not trade them in for more, no no...
Take every moment, you know that you own them
It's all you can do
Use what's been given to you...
Gimme a reason
to fight the feeling
That there's nothing here for me
'Cause none of it's easy
I know it wasn't meant to be
I know it's all up to me
It's all up to me
So what am I gonna do with my time, oh...
Take every moment, you know that you own them
It's all up to you to do whatever you choose
Live like you're dying and never stop trying
It's all you can do
Use what's been given to you
All of the moments you didn't notice
Gone in the blink of an eye
And all of the feelings you can't help feeling
No matter how you try...
Take every moment, you know that you own them
It's all up to you to do whatever you choose
Live like you're dying and never stop trying
It's all you can do
Use what's been given to you
Live like you're dying and never stop trying
It's all you can do
Use what's been given to you
LIVE LIKE YOU'RE DYING
by
LENKA (as performed @ the Great American Music Hall for THE HOTEL CAFE TOUR on 11.17.2008)
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backdoor
Nov. 18th, 2008 | 08:30 pm
location: (510)
mood: 
devious
music: "SideDish Friend" --- Rachael Yamagata
Do you wanna be my sidedish friend?
Cuz I'll miss you if you go for good, yeah
We can stay together 'til the very end of time
If it's understood...
That I don't want you hangin' out with me
But I want you when I call
We can stay together separately
And we won't be lonely at all
Oh boy, oh boy, I got to think about that, oh boy
Do you wanna be the one on hold?
Cuz you know I'll always come right back, yeah
We can find a quiet place for both of us to go
If you always know...
That I don't want you hangin' out with me
But I want you when I call
We can stay together separately
And we won't be lonely at all
Oh boy, oh boy, I got to think about that cuz
Everytime (everytime)
I think I'm alright (I think I'm doing alright)
I think I'll win you over
I hear you say...
That I don't want you hangin' out with me
But I want you when I call
We can stay together separately
And we won't be lonely at all
I don't want to get too close to you
And I don't want you close to me
There's a backdoor waiting just for you
If this isn't what you need
There's a backdoor waiting just for you
If this isn't what you need
SIDEDISH FRIEND
by
RACHAEL YAMAGATA (performed on the HOTEL CAFE TOUR @ the Great American Music Hall on 11.17.2008)
Cuz I'll miss you if you go for good, yeah
We can stay together 'til the very end of time
If it's understood...
That I don't want you hangin' out with me
But I want you when I call
We can stay together separately
And we won't be lonely at all
Oh boy, oh boy, I got to think about that, oh boy
Do you wanna be the one on hold?
Cuz you know I'll always come right back, yeah
We can find a quiet place for both of us to go
If you always know...
That I don't want you hangin' out with me
But I want you when I call
We can stay together separately
And we won't be lonely at all
Oh boy, oh boy, I got to think about that cuz
Everytime (everytime)
I think I'm alright (I think I'm doing alright)
I think I'll win you over
I hear you say...
That I don't want you hangin' out with me
But I want you when I call
We can stay together separately
And we won't be lonely at all
I don't want to get too close to you
And I don't want you close to me
There's a backdoor waiting just for you
If this isn't what you need
There's a backdoor waiting just for you
If this isn't what you need
SIDEDISH FRIEND
by
RACHAEL YAMAGATA (performed on the HOTEL CAFE TOUR @ the Great American Music Hall on 11.17.2008)
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three
Nov. 16th, 2008 | 02:01 pm
location: (510)
mood: peaceful
music: "Say A Lot" --- Buddy
All I know is that you're so nice
You're the nicest thing I've seen
I wish that we could give it a go
See if we could be something
I wish I was your favourite girl
I wish you thought I was the reason you are in the world
I wish my smile was your favourite kind of smile
I wish the way that I dressed was your favourite kind of style
I wish you couldn't figure me out
But you always wanna know what I was about
I wish you'd hold my hand when I was upset
I wish you'd never forget the look on my face when we first met
I wish you had a favourite beauty spot that you loved secretly
'Cause it was on a hidden bit that nobody else could see
Basically, I wish that you loved me
I wish that you needed me
I wish that you knew when I said two sugars
Actually, I meant three
I wish that without me your heart would break
I wish that without me you'd be spending the rest of your nights awake
I wish that without me you couldn't eat
I wish I was the last thing on your mind before you went to sleep
All I know
Is that you're the nicest thing I've ever seen
I wish that we could see
If we could be something
NICEST THING
by
KATE NASH
You're the nicest thing I've seen
I wish that we could give it a go
See if we could be something
I wish I was your favourite girl
I wish you thought I was the reason you are in the world
I wish my smile was your favourite kind of smile
I wish the way that I dressed was your favourite kind of style
I wish you couldn't figure me out
But you always wanna know what I was about
I wish you'd hold my hand when I was upset
I wish you'd never forget the look on my face when we first met
I wish you had a favourite beauty spot that you loved secretly
'Cause it was on a hidden bit that nobody else could see
Basically, I wish that you loved me
I wish that you needed me
I wish that you knew when I said two sugars
Actually, I meant three
I wish that without me your heart would break
I wish that without me you'd be spending the rest of your nights awake
I wish that without me you couldn't eat
I wish I was the last thing on your mind before you went to sleep
All I know
Is that you're the nicest thing I've ever seen
I wish that we could see
If we could be something
NICEST THING
by
KATE NASH
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without
Nov. 8th, 2008 | 01:19 am
location: (510)
mood: 
curious
music: "Don't Miss You At All" --- Norah Jones
As I sit and watch the snow
Fallin' down
I don't miss you at all
I hear children playin', laughin' so loud
I don't think of your smile
So if you never come to me
You'll stay a distant memory
Out my window I see light doing dark
Your dark eyes don't haunt me
And then I wonder who I am
Without the warm touch of your hand
And then I wonder who I am
Without the warm touch of your hand
As I sit and watch the snow
Fallin' down
I don't miss you at all
I don't miss you at all
I don't miss you at all
DON'T MISS YOU AT ALL
by
NORAH JONES
Fallin' down
I don't miss you at all
I hear children playin', laughin' so loud
I don't think of your smile
So if you never come to me
You'll stay a distant memory
Out my window I see light doing dark
Your dark eyes don't haunt me
And then I wonder who I am
Without the warm touch of your hand
And then I wonder who I am
Without the warm touch of your hand
As I sit and watch the snow
Fallin' down
I don't miss you at all
I don't miss you at all
I don't miss you at all
DON'T MISS YOU AT ALL
by
NORAH JONES
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practice
Nov. 7th, 2008 | 02:04 pm
location: (510)
mood: contemplative
music: "PitterPat" --- Erin McCarley
The danger is
to see life
- yourself, your friends, your habits -
as they once were.
Not as they are now.
It's not easy,
seeing things and people
for what they
really
are.
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to see life
- yourself, your friends, your habits -
as they once were.
Not as they are now.
It's not easy,
seeing things and people
for what they
really
are.
Logan Lo
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code
Nov. 7th, 2008 | 01:55 pm
location: (510)
mood: complacent
music: "Torch Song" --- Shady Bard
Sometimes
the most tragic and defining experiences
can create a shorthand between people.
They just understand it in a way that no one else would.
--- Bill Harper
the most tragic and defining experiences
can create a shorthand between people.
They just understand it in a way that no one else would.
--- Bill Harper
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sign of the times
Nov. 5th, 2008 | 04:27 pm
location: (510)
mood: 
accomplished
music: "Is There Anyone Here?" --- Eulogies
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lazy eyes
Nov. 2nd, 2008 | 03:29 am
location: (510)
mood: peaceful
music: "Energy" --- The Apples In Stereo
When I see you smile
It feels like I'm falling
It's not for anybody else to know
The way your face could light the bitter dark of every street
In every town I'll ever go
It's not for anybody else to know
For anybody else to know
When I see you smile
First thing in the morning
It raises curtains on your lazy eyes
Could it be that you and I have the greatest love to ever be
How could this have ever been before?
It's not for anybody else to know
For anybody else to know
When Friday night arrives
We'll let it pass outside the door
This is not for anybody else
Anybody else to know
WHEN I SEE YOU SMILE
by
BIC RUNGA
It feels like I'm falling
It's not for anybody else to know
The way your face could light the bitter dark of every street
In every town I'll ever go
It's not for anybody else to know
For anybody else to know
When I see you smile
First thing in the morning
It raises curtains on your lazy eyes
Could it be that you and I have the greatest love to ever be
How could this have ever been before?
It's not for anybody else to know
For anybody else to know
When Friday night arrives
We'll let it pass outside the door
This is not for anybody else
Anybody else to know
WHEN I SEE YOU SMILE
by
BIC RUNGA
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knows how, knows where
Nov. 2nd, 2008 | 02:51 am
location: (510)
mood: thoughtful
music: "That Kiss" --- The Courteeners
Let me take you to
My secret place
High above the earth
Into out of space
Only God knows where
Only God knows how
I will take you there
Somehow
If this was the last day of your life
What would you do to make things right?
Cause this is the last day of your life
Who you gonna call to make things right?
I love you
Shine on
All that's beautiful is before your face
Now you're in the heart of a secret place
There's infinity in a grain of sand
An eternity in the palm of your hand
If this was the last day of your life
What would you do to make things right?
Well this is the last day of your life
Who you gonna call to make things right?
I love you
Shine on
Shine on
LAST DAY OF YOUR LIFE
by
GLASS PEAR
My secret place
High above the earth
Into out of space
Only God knows where
Only God knows how
I will take you there
Somehow
If this was the last day of your life
What would you do to make things right?
Cause this is the last day of your life
Who you gonna call to make things right?
I love you
Shine on
All that's beautiful is before your face
Now you're in the heart of a secret place
There's infinity in a grain of sand
An eternity in the palm of your hand
If this was the last day of your life
What would you do to make things right?
Well this is the last day of your life
Who you gonna call to make things right?
I love you
Shine on
Shine on
LAST DAY OF YOUR LIFE
by
GLASS PEAR